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# astronomy


## astronomy


* ![Stellafane-astronomy-star-party](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab83f7a3f1563c0e/698937c9096a94b8ed6a32e4/stellafane-astronomy-star-party-04-05-revise.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 17, 2018  
## [These Amateur Astronomers Found Dark Sky Paradise on a Tiny Vermont Hill](https://time.com/5367401/amateur-astronomers-stargazing-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Asteroid, artwork](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03eecbc5ab374c62/6989304c096a9406356a2649/asteroid-2010-wc9-pass-earth-close-tuesday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 14, 2018  
## [An Asteroid the Size of the Statue of Liberty Will Whiz Past Earth Tomorrow. Here's How to See It](https://time.com/5276082/2010-wc9-asteroid-time/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Alix Langone
* ![Guillermo Haro](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2443cd86afa08e62/69892b760a4a2209799d228b/guillermo-haros-105th-birthday-6241048765399040-2x.png?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 21, 2018  
## [Why Google Doodle Celebrates Astronomer Guillermo Haro Today](https://time.com/5208719/guillermo-haro-astronomer/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![A superb display of aurora borealis seen on March 14](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd0089bb32f1c71e/69892ab797cdff05cb6b4a6c/northern-lights.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 14, 2018  
## [A Solar Storm Could Bring Spectacular Northern Lights Tonight. Here’s How You Can See Them](https://time.com/5199121/solar-storm-northern-lights/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jennifer Calfas
* ![INDONESIA-SPACE-ASTRONOMY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9096991e6f2d0bc4/6988fa10ab6d77b3976b18ee/super-blue-blood-moon.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 31, 2018  
## [Missed the ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ Eclipse? Here Are All the Other Eclipses Coming Up in 2018](https://time.com/5126748/eclipses-in-2018/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Sarah Begley  
* ![Artist’s impression of the interstellar asteroid `Oumuamua](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5f58e9414aad4af/6988e6950a4a226e089d0c6c/1i_eso_artistimpression.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2017  
## [A Mysterious Object Flying Past the Sun Is Our First Confirmed Visitor From Another Solar System](https://time.com/5033026/mysterious-object-confirmed-another-solar-system/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![This artist's concept appeared on the Feb. 23, 2017 cover of the journal Nature, announcing that the TRAPPIST-1 star has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b9ecafc6082e107/6988bbd9cd1bba7d08704193/exoplanets.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 15, 2017  
## [New Earth-Like Planet Could Have Life](https://time.com/5025276/ross-128-b-planet-life/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Aric Jenkins
* ![The Leonid meteor shower lights up the sky above C](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2552780c16a05e1/6988e5cb8fd2ee3926359a28/leonid-meteor-shower.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2017  
## [The Leonid Meteor Shower Is This Weekend](https://time.com/5024174/leonid-meteor-shower-2017/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Solar Eclipse in Allahabad](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4adeb537363264d3/6988d9f38fd2ee45d1358733/gettyimages-595245286.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2017  
## [What Is a Partial Solar Eclipse?](https://time.com/4902927/partial-solar-eclipse-definition/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Sarah Begley
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39df0ced4c25eb31/6988d9fa7cdbac42c2d59a0a/solar-viewer-step-5.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2017  
## [How to Make Your Own Solar Eclipse Viewer](https://time.com/4903137/solar-eclipse-viewer-how-make/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Sarah Begley and TIME Video  
* ![This composite of 30 images of asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated with radar data collected using NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb791eae1bfb56dc1/6988c394cf40a807e3c47508/pia21594_hires.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2017  
## [Half-Mile-Long Asteroid to Pass Very Close to Earth](https://time.com/4746712/asteroid-passing-earth-nasa/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Lisa Marie Segarra
* ![This image, taken from the VLT Survey Telescope, shows the Cat's Paw Nebula \(right\) and the Lobster Nebula \(left\).](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe5a350c0af6e36f/6988b854a988ca12be6bad6e/space-cat-lobster-eso.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2017  
## [A Cosmic Cat and Lobster Say Hello](https://time.com/4656519/lobster-cat-nebula/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Wounded warrior: The moon has had a very rough life](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0641e112418ba97e/6988b527656a3f39b3bce5a4/as11-44-6609-orig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 11, 2017  
## [The Moon May Once Have Been Many Moons](https://time.com/4631391/moon-origin-formation/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Pluto's South Pole.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3205281546b14c71/6988aec90b72e31ad16ebc9a/gettyimages-590674769.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 16, 2016  
## [There Might Be an Ocean Under Pluto's Surface](https://time.com/4573710/ocean-pluto-surface-heart-scarring/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Kerry Close
* ![Super Moon Rises Over Dubai](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt642fc084a31f4e71/6988ae78428a9e77c2cd500e/supermoon-world-view.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2016  
## [See the Best Views of the Supermoon From Around the World](https://time.com/4570604/supermoon-views-video/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Mahita Gajanan

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